While this condition has historically been thought to affect men and boys more often, new research shows otherwise.

Adding robots to therapy can help autistic children develop foundational social skills like taking turns, making eye contact, ...

The Marcus Autism Center announced it will conduct the largest study of behavior, brain and genomic biomarkers in children across the autism spectrum following a $21.9 million grant from the late ...

The state let two major health insurers who contract with the Arizona Health Care Cost Containment System terminate two ...

By Dr. Sanchari Sinha Dutta, Ph.D. Large-scale Swedish data reveal a female “catch-up” effect in autism diagnoses, reshaping ...

Parents of 11 children with autism file lawsuit against Arizona Medicaid agency over contract disputes, alleging unlawful ...

Concerns about autism have been spotlighted within the larger Make America Healthy Again movement, motivated by a well-founded alarm over the nation’s devastatingly high burden of chronic disease and ...

Autism has long been thought of as a condition that mostly affects boys, but a massive study from Sweden suggests that idea may be misleading. Tracking nearly 3 million people over decades, ...

A new lawsuit blames the state's Medicaid program for about 1,000 children with autism spectrum disorder for losing the ...

What are the early signs of autism? Early signs include delayed speech; limited eye contact; and restricted, repetitive patterns of behavior, interests, or activities. Is autism genetic? Studies ...

A new study identifies significant gaps in judges' knowledge about autism spectrum disorder (ASD), which can lead to ...

Autistic spectrum disorders are complicated and most likely caused by a number of different problems. However, we still don’t know definitively if something in the diet could influence autism. The ...